Kidlat Tahimik
Director
Biography
Eric de Guia (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio City, Philippines), better known as Kidlat Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinemamovement through their critiques of neocolonialism. One of the most prominent names in the Filipino film industry, he has garnered various accolades locally and internationally, including a Plaridel honorarium for Independent Cinema. He is dubbed by fellow filmmakers and critics as the "Father of Philippine Independent Cinema".
As Director
Turumba
1981
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994
Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
1979
Some More Rice
2005
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984Filmography
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian 1974
Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat 1979
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself 2010
José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest 1998
A Movie Capital
as Self 1991
Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat 1979
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Lucid
as Himself 2023
Shaman Wars
as Shaman 1982
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself 1996
I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver 1981
Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO 2015
Bulakna
2025
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
TBA